New Zealand Out of Lockdown ...

[Phill2]

flight from Brisbane to Christchurch is 4 hrs.
This is ridiculous.
NSW and VIC have more cases than any other state.
https://www.themorningbulletin.com.a...e-war/4022731/

[WiseMonkey]

Read your article ...hmm seems odd indeed!
This in the Herald ...
PM Ardern said she could not put a time frame on when travel to Australia might resume - but warned "it won't be weeks" - it would be longer. She did not want travel to and from Australia to endanger the very low rates of the virus in New Zealand.

[Phill2]

I'd rather wait longer too.
Our Premier (QLD) has said no international travel until 2023 except maybe NZ.

[Lolalee1]

That is a long time Phill I really don’t think it will be that long, I hope not,spose to go over for Sturgis

WM heard there was an earthquake over there today.

[WiseMonkey]

Yep, was a 5.8 mag, lower North Island so the Beehive (where the govt sit in Wellywood) had a good 'ol shake-up!

[WiseMonkey]

I'd rather wait longer too.
Our Premier (QLD) has said no international travel until 2023 except maybe NZ.

JA will wait longer also, she won't move until the DGOH says it's safe. I was reading that if no new cases show up between 27-33 days then Covid19 could be considered eradicated with a 95% probability. I guess with a bit longer it could get to 100% probability.

[MyNameIsTerry]

Just look at these idiots:

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-05-26/...t-to-continue/

What is wrong with people?!!! This is another reason the government should never have said sunbathing was ok as long as you social distance.

Also where are the police and local councils in any of this? They could have planned for it, monitored incoming traffic, etc.

[WiseMonkey]

Just look at these idiots:

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-05-26/...t-to-continue/



What is wrong with people?!!! This is another reason the government should never have said sunbathing was ok as long as you social distance.

Also where are the police and local councils in any of this? They could have planned for it, monitored incoming traffic, etc.

Yes Terry, it's the mixed messages from above, that have confused the populace and now I guess they're are just over it with the Summer approaching

It was still Summer here, but the messages were always very clear. The fiance and I were on holiday up north at Kerikeri (a popular spot) when we got the first message on TV. We'd only been there 2 days (of our 7) and decided to go home (back to Auckland) ... that was Mon and lockdown came into force Wed 11:59 pm. Anyone who was on the road after that, either had to be going to the supo or the chemist. Police were out on the motorways and there were helicopters around at night, so we all knew how serious it was. In saying that we only have 5 million people so it would have been much easier to enforce. I'm not gloating here, it's just the way it happened

Even the Australian PM nearly blew it, saying that people couldn't go to the hairdressers but could spend 30 mins at a beauty salon (or visa versa) WTF (mixed messages) which he then withdrew! Luckily some of the wiser Australian State Premiers took more of a hard line, went into lockdown earlier and closed their borders, Queensland is one such State.

Once the horse has bolted, it's so much harder to capture it again (oops one of those sayings again, too bad)

[KK77]

Just look at these idiots:

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-05-26/...t-to-continue/

What is wrong with people?!!! This is another reason the government should never have said sunbathing was ok as long as you social distance.

Also where are the police and local councils in any of this? They could have planned for it, monitored incoming traffic, etc.

Lock the idiots up in their homes and throw away their door keys, I say!

The masses cannot be trusted and will seek to enjoy themselves at any given opportunity

[WiseMonkey]

Lock the idiots up in their homes and throw away their door keys, I say!

The masses cannot be trusted and will seek to enjoy themselves at any given opportunity

In Mrs Browns words "That's nice"